Tag: women protection act
Women alliance expresses concern over non-representation of women in CM’s committee
Civil society group, Ending Violence Against Women Alliance, has expressed reservations over non-representation of women in the committee constituted by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz...
Clerics agree to join CM’s committee on pro-women legislation
Professor Sajid Mir, Jamat-e-Islami’s Asad Ullah, Maulana Amjad Khan and Jamiat Ulema Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman on Monday called...
Sana briefs women MPAs on Women Protection Act
Provincial Minister for Law, Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that Punjab government cannot even think of creating any legislation against the teachings of Islam....
Women over mullahs
The losers have beards
Whenever women are talked about in Pakistan a storm is brewed; the recent Women Protection Law 2016 is no different.
It is...
Man axes wife to death for opposing second marriage
A man axed his wife to death for opposing his second marriage and fled after committing the crime here on Friday.
Police said that the...
Speakers at AIOU seminar hail pro-women legislation
Speakers at a seminar held at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Tuesday underlined the need for promoting awareness about the pro-women legislation...
Fazl says people’s court will strike down women protection act
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said the Women Protection Act would be wiped out in the people’s court. He was talking...
Committee formed to address ulema’s concerns on women protection act
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to know the stance of Ulema about Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act...
Women protection act not anti-Shariah, un-Islamic: clerics
Punjab takes religious scholars on board regarding legislation, removes concerns, clears misconceptions
Ulema put forward certain suggestions to improve, strength bill as per Islamic rules
The...
Women protection act challenged in SC
Qumai Watan Party Chief Barrister Zafrullah has challenged the Women Protection Act (WPA) in the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry, terming it contradictory to the...
